Before that, the air defense forces of the Soviets apparently ignored the Mamayev Gang, but now it is different, they massively replenish the air defense in the Mamayev Gang direction.

This can be seen from the fact that several German fighters were shot down in the air one after another.

One of the "Junker-88" bombers, which carried out bombing missions, was heavily damaged by Soviet anti-aircraft guns...... Qin Chuan and the German soldiers watched as black clouds rose around the bomber, "Junker 88" shook irregularly, and then the engine on the left caught fire and hovered in the air, slowly descending to the north, dragging a puff of black smoke behind him, and then exploded in the distance with a bang.

Despite the short duration of the flight, a white object fell from the back of the plane...... One of the pilots successfully parachuted.

(Note: Junkers 8A4 has four pilots)

Perhaps because of the direction of the wind, the pilot's parachute drifted impartially towards Mamayev Hill.

The Soviets apparently discovered it as well, so anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns and even various light and heavy machine guns opened fire into the sky.

Colonel Slein immediately ordered the artillery observers to guide the artillery fire suppression, and in just a few seconds, a shell landed on the Mamayev post...... In fact, the Mamayev Gang is a target that can be seen with the naked eye within a radius of more than ten miles, and the artillery has already set up Zhuyuan.

The mortars of the 1st Infantry Regiment also joined the bombardment, and the Soviet fire was quickly suppressed and there was no sound for half a minute.

The parachute floated over the position of the 1st Infantry Regiment, and the pilot landed safely dozens of meters behind the trench, the parachute was full of holes.

Several soldiers rushed forward, carrying the stretcher, and then pushed the pilot onto the stretcher and ran violently, ran to the trench and jumped into it with a leap.

The pilot had been so frightened that he was panting for breath, but when the medics examined him, they found that the only wound on his body was that he had been scratched by a stone while jumping into the trench.

"You're such a lucky one!" The medic playfully slapped the pilot's butt.

"You're right!" The pilot came back to his senses at this time, he looked at the position of the Soviet troops opposite, and said happily: "My parachute has lost control, if I float a little more......"

After a pause, the pilot added: "Thank you, thank you, if it weren't for you, I would definitely die!" ”

Looking at the pilots who were led down by the medics, Werner whistled and said: "Sometimes I envy these guys who fly in the sky!" ”

"Why?" The baker asked.

"Because if we were in danger...... Werner replied, "they would certainly not be willing to suppress the enemy's fire with so many shells to rescue me!" ”

"I said they would, Werner!" Yakop said.

"What?" Werner couldn't believe what he heard.

"Or let's make a bet!" Yakop said, "You try it? ”

The soldiers were stunned, and then burst into laughter.

The days of being stationed in the trenches without attacking or retreating can only be passed by relying on such small things and small humors.

Of course, there are some rare cases once in a while...... At a stalemate between us and the enemy, a group of new recruits was added to the 1st Infantry Regiment.

As mentioned earlier, by this time the German training camp had already existed in name only, so this group of recruits arrived directly from Berlin and was thrown to the front.

They were almost frightened by the encounter, so some of them crawled along the trench and stretched their hands high over the wall of the trench, sometimes shaking it outside to attract the attention of the Soviet soldiers on the opposite side......

Seeing this, Qin Chuan could only shake his head secretly.

Many soldiers actually saw it, but everyone tacitly did not stop them, because such soldiers often did not survive for a few days on the front line, and worse, they could be killed if they cooperated with them, so it was not a good thing to let them go home in this way.

On the fifth day, Colonel Slein's side finally gave the order.

"Ten minutes of shelling!" Colonel Slein said: "Then withdraw from the position and move to the second line, understand? ”

"Understood!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Prepare the soldiers for the earthquake!" Colonel Slane added.

"Yes, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied.

Although there have been many bombing experiences, even the intensity of the bombing may not be less than that of the giant artillery, because the explosion of the aerial bomb is better than that of the giant artillery, especially when fighting the American army in Africa.

But Qin Chuan still can't help but have some expectations for the world-famous "Dora" and "Carl".

As a few red flares rose into the sky, the cannon fire soon rang out...... In fact, the red flare was completely unnecessary, it was just to make the Soviets mistakenly believe that the Germans would attack.

Then there was a large area of howitzer shells pouring down on the Mamayev Hills.

Of course, Qin Chuan and the others didn't have the heart to watch the battle, they turned around and retreated along the zigzag traffic trench to the second line seven hundred meters behind.

This was mainly due to the fear that the "Dora" and "Karl" would not be accurate enough to accidentally bomb the vicinity of the German defense line, and their violent shaking would be enough to kill and injure the German soldiers in the trenches.

Then Qin Chuan shouted: "Lie down, pay attention to the earthquake!" ”

The soldiers, of course, know what shock protection is...... Try not to make contact with the ground but support your limbs so that only a small part of the energy from the ground reaches your body without damaging your internal organs.

Maybe it was to give the front-line troops more time to prepare, or maybe it was because the "Dora" troops were not well prepared, Qin Chuan waited for a while and still didn't see anything unusual about the cannonade, so he couldn't help but get up from the trench and look at the Mamayev Gang, which was being bombarded with dust by shells.

As a result, there was a strange whistling sound in the sky, the whistling of cannonballs, but louder, more like the sound of V1 flying at high speed in the air.

Qin Chuan just wanted to retract his head but it was too late, only to hear a loud "boom", the ground shook violently, so that Qin Chuan couldn't stand firm and almost fell into the trench...... Originally, Qin Chuan thought that such a large cannonball would explode and there should be something similar to a mushroom cloud.

Later, it became known that "Dora" fired a ground-penetrating bomb known as "Leshiline".

The Germans designed the "Dora" to use it against the Maginot Line in France, which was mostly underground, which required its shells to be able to drill into the ground.

This "Leshiline" shell fired by "Dora" can penetrate 8 meters of concrete and explode underground.

It is no wonder that Major General Wietsheim thought of using these cannons against the tunnels of Stalingrad.